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Geoffrey Corfield

A Country Called New Zealand

A Country Called New Zealand

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. New Zealand is the first democratic country in the world to give women the vote (1893); also the first to split the atom, climb Mount

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NZ Changes the Names of Its Three Main Islands

NZ Changes the Names of Its Three Main Islands

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. Things had settled down now in New Zealand. Finally. Most of the excitement was over. You can’t have wars, gold rushes, and new settlements

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Maori Religions

Maori Religions

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. 1905 – A Maori named Ruakenana from Ruatahuna, Urewera, has a vision and goes to see King Edward VII who was supposed to be visiting Gisborne

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Chapter Seven: Maori Religions

Chapter Seven: Maori Religions

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. Maori Religions Also mixed up in this period of unarmed warfare over land and dogs, is religion. The Maori never stop inventing new religions. The

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Chapter Seven: Making a Country Called New Zealand

Chapter Seven: Making a Country Called New Zealand

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. After 1872 there is no more armed warfare with the Maori (except one small gun battle in 1916). There is however still unarmed warfare. And

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The Hauhau Campaign 1864-1867

The Hauhau Campaign 1864-1867

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. Orakau, near Te Awamutu, 30 March-2 April 1864 One of the most famous battles of the British-Maori Wars. The King Maori (300-400), fortify a spot

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The Waikato Campaign 1863-1864

The Waikato Campaign 1863-1864

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. A truce is made (1861). “The Maori were brave and formidable, and since our first arrival in the colo- ny the British troops have gained

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The Second Round of the British-Maori Wars 1860-1872

The Second Round of the British-Maori Wars 1860-1872

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. The Maori are fascinated, confused and amused by the missionaries that came to New Zealand. Each religion claimed to be the one true way to

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The Southland Wooden Railway 1863

The Southland Wooden Railway 1863

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. The Southland Provincial Council (Invercargill), wants to build railways north from Invercargill to Winton, and south from Invercargill to Bluff, to service the gold rush

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Government in New Zealand: Part 2

Government in New Zealand: Part 2

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. So an elected township official could also be elected to the provincial House of Representatives, and then also elected to the national House of Representatives.

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Government in New Zealand: Part 1

Government in New Zealand: Part 1

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. GOVERNMENT IN NEW ZEALAND The Relatively Calm Period also means that the government in New Zealand has more time to do more government things. And

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Christchurch 1850

Christchurch 1850

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. Christchurch 1850 Christchurch was founded to be a colony in New Zealand (“the most Church of England country in the world”), as a partnership between

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The British-Maori Wars 1840-1847

The British-Maori Wars 1840-1847

You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. Peace comes (for the time being). ”This is the end of mine to you. It is finished, ” Hone Heke takes to “fire-water” and dies in

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